Research

 Handwriting Guide - German Gothic - An LDS Family History web site.  This guide introduces common Gothic letters, type, and handwriting used in German records.

 Alte Deutsche Handschriften /Old German Handwritten Scripts - This web site is a useful resourse page for learning old German script.

 Learn Suetterlin - the "German Handwriting" - In the 20th century, Gothic script has also been known as the Sütterlin script and this website gives much information.

North Dakota 1895 Maps

Genealogy Resource Directory - Ellis Island Search Forms, Ship Arrivals, Census and Index Links

Germans from Russia Color Maps of Villages - The Germans from Russia Heritage Collectio revisied and updated German village maps featuring color circles for easy identification.

Prairie Public TV at Wishek, North Dakota

St. Andrew's Lutheran Church German Choir

Map showing the Glückstal villages

Topographic Maps - Ukraine

Glückstal Colonies Research Association's traveling exhibit

Article from FEEFHS Quarterly: A Journal of Central & East European Genealogical Societies

History of the Glückstal Colonies - Revised 15 January 1999

Information from GCRA Newsletters - Revised 20 May 1999

Surnames Found in the St. Petersburg Records

Selected Obituaries

      U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management - Search Federal Land Patent Databases

Glückstal Family Web Sites
Bieber Family - This site contains information on Biebers from Russia.  It contains much of the work of the late Rev. Martin Bieber as well as other genealogy resources.
Boschee Family - Family news, photos, and family history of the Boschee and related families
Hoffer Family - Hoffer Genealogy Home Site: Family migration from Niederseebach / Weissenbourg, France to Neudorf/ Od. S. Russia to North Dakota, USA
Raile Family - Genealogy information about the Raile family.
Roll Family - Genealogy information about the Roll family - created by Mitch Roll

Genealogy Web Sites - of interest to genealogists with German-Russian roots

AHSGR (American Historical Society of Germans From Russia - An international organization dedicated to the discovery, collection, preservation, and dissemination of information related to the history, cultural heritage and genealogy of Germanic Settlers in the Russian Empire and their descendants."

FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family History Societies - Central (German, Swiss) and East European genealogy site with an index of the over 800,000 Central and East European surnames, locations and other unique words in 5500+ files .

GRHC (Germans From Russia Heritage Collection - The mission of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection is to collect, document, preserve, exhibit, translate, publish, promote and make accessible resources on the culture, history, folklore, foodways and textiles & clothing of the Germans from Russia, particularly Bessarabian Germans, Black Sea Germans, Crimean Germans, Dobrudscha Germans and Volhynian Germans and their descendants in North Dakota and the Northern Plains.

GRHS (Germans From Russia Heritage Society) - Its purpose is to bring together people who are interested in discovering the common history unique to Germanic-Russian ethnics and to preserve the many elements of their rich heritage.  The Society collects, lists, and catalogues published materials and personal documents that tell of the European migrations and exodus to the United States and Canada and also of the pioneer life on the plains.


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